Waldo L. Schmitt Papers : field and station notes (Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship), South America, 1925-1927 [transcript]

by: Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977

Publication date: 1925

Topics: Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977, Carnegie Institution of Washington. ‎Tortugas Laboratory‏, Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition (1925-1927), Crustaceans, Marine biology, Natural history, Zoology

Collection: biodiversity; sifieldbooks

Digitizing sponsor: Smithsonian Field Book Project

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

The field book is part of a collection of Waldo L. Schmitt papers. Schmitt was a carcinologist. During the summers of 1924 and 1925, Schmitt was at the Carnegie Institution's Marine Laboratory at Tortugas, Florida, surveying the crustacean fauna of the area, identifying crustaceans found in the stomachs of fishes, and taking underwater photographs. In 1925, Schmitt was awarded the Smithsonian's Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship "for the study of the fauna of countries other than the United States." The scholarship enabled him to collect marine invertebrates along the east coast of South America from August to December, 1925, and on the west coast from August 1926 to May 1927. From August 1925 to February 1926, he collected along eastern South America from Brazil south of Buenos Aires. Locations included sites in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay. He also participated in field work at Tortugas during the summers of 1930, 1931, and 1932. This field book, consisting of loose typed leaves, includes a station list in 12 leaves, photocopies of four pages of a paper by Schmitt published by the Smithsonian Institution, and 108 leaves of a transcript of station notes, which are dated August 19, 1925 to May 18, 1927. Some figures and notes are mentioned but not reproduced

Abstract: The field book is part of a collection of Waldo L. Schmitt papers. Schmitt was a carcinologist. During the summers of 1924 and 1925, Schmitt was at the Carnegie Institution's Marine Laboratory at Tortugas, Florida, surveying the crustacean fauna of the area, identifying crustaceans found in the stomachs of fishes, and taking underwater photographs. In 1925, Schmitt was awarded the Smithsonian's Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship 'for the study of the fauna of countries other than the United States.' The scholarship enabled him to collect marine invertebrates along the east coast of South America from August to December, 1925, and on the west coast from August 1926 to May 1927. From August 1925 to February 1926, he collected along eastern South America from Brazil south of Buenos Aires. Locations included sites in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay. He also participated in field work at Tortugas during the summers of 1930, 1931, and 1932. This field book, consisting of loose typed leaves, includes a station list in 12 leaves, photocopies of four pages of a paper by Schmitt published by the Smithsonian Institution, and 108 leaves of a transcript of station notes, which are dated August 19, 1925 to May 18, 1927. Some figures and notes are mentioned but not reproduced.